Paratió (also called Prakió) is an extinct and poorly attested language of northeastern Brazil, known only through wordlists published in 1958. It appears to have been related to Xukuru, and may have been a dialect, according to Glottolog. However, there is very little evidence to determie this relationship (Campbell 2024).

Geographical distribution

It was originally spoken on the Capibaribe River, and was reported by Loukotka (1968) to have been spoken by a few individuals in Cimbres.

History

As of the 1900s, the Xukuru population still had some recollection of the Paratió population, however the Paratió's geographical location suggests that they could be ancestors of the Kapinawá.

Vocabulary

Pompeu Sobrinho (1958)

These word lists of language varieties from the Serra do Urubá (also known as the Serra do Arorobá or Serra do Ororubá, located in the municipality of Pesqueira, Pernambuco) are reproduced from Pompeu Sobrinho (1958).Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958
''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''
Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19. According to Loukotka (1968), the following wordlists represent Paratió. Below is a vocabulary collected by Domingos Cruz in Pesqueira, Pernambuco from his informant Rodrigues de Mendonça, who was originally from the Serra do Urubá: : Vocabulary collected by Domingos Cruz from his informant Pedro Rodrigues, who was originally from the sitio of Gitó in the Serra do Urubá: :

References

Extinct languages of South America Xukuruan languages Indigenous languages of Northeastern Brazil {{Na-lang-stub